The Venice Film Festival is one of the most important in the world. This year, a film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar won an award. Other prizes went to Nicole Kidman and Vincent Lindon, among others.
The Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival goes to the film “The Room Next Door” by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. This was announced by the jury.
The drama tells the story of two friends who have to deal with death. Tilda Swinton plays a woman with terminal cancer who asks an old friend (Julianne Moore) for a complicated favor. She does not want to be alone at the moment of her self-chosen death. The film is based on the novel “What are you missing” by Sigrid Nunez.
Pedro Almodóvar is Spain’s most internationally famous director. His film “All About My Mother” won an Oscar in 2000. The 74-year-old received another Oscar in 2003 for “Talk to Her”. “The Room Next Door” is his first English-language feature film.
Awards for Nicole Kidman and Vincent Lindon
Other important awards at the film festival went to Australian actress Nicole Kidman for her role in “Babygirl” (best actress), French actor Vincent Lindon for his part in “Jouer avec le feu” (best actor) and Italian director Maura Delpero, who received the Grand Jury Prize for her film “Vermiglio”.
The 81st Venice Film Festival is one of the three most important in the world, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlinale. In this year’s competition, 21 works competed for the prizes. The awards were presented by an international jury. Its chair was the French actress Isabelle Huppert.
